Hubungan Pemberian ASI Eksklusif, Kolostrum Dan Usia Ibu Dengan Status Gizi Bayi Usia 6-12 Bulan Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mamboro Kecamatan Palu Utara Kota Palu.

YULI AGUSTIN SUSANTI, 2022. The Relationship between Exclusive Breastfeeding, Colostrum, and Mother's Age and the Nutritional Status of Infants Aged 6-12 Months in the Working Area of the MamboroPublic Health Center, North Palu Sub-District, Palu. Supervisor, I Made Tangkas.
Nutritional status is one of the benchmarks for assessing the development of the baby's health. Many factors can affect the nutritional status of a baby, including exclusive breastfeeding, mother's age, mother's education level, and family's economic status. Data from the health profile of Central Sulawesi Province in 2020 shows that the coverage of babies who are exclusively breastfed in Central Sulawesi Province was 61.9% and in Palu in 2020 the coverage of babies who are exclusively breastfed was 52.4%. This research aims to determine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding, colostrum, and maternal age and the nutritional status of infants aged 6-12 months in the working area of the Mamboro Public Health Center. Type of the research wasquantitative research using a cross sectional design. The population were infants aged 6-12 months at the Mamboro Public Health Center, North PaluSub-District, Palu, totaling 61 babies taken by random sampling. Data analysis used the Fisher test. The results of the research and data analysis show that the variable that has no relationship with nutritional status is exclusive breastfeeding with a value of p = 0.178, while the provision of colostrum is related to nutritional status with a value of p = 0.021 and the variable mother's age is related to the nutritional status of infants with a value of p = 0.050. In conclusion, there are 2 variables related to nutritional status, namely the provision of colostrum and the age of the mother.
Keywords:Exclusive Breastfeeding, Colostrum, Mother's Age, Nutritional Status